Individuals and businesses' new debts rose further in August, by 1.1 billion euros, while the number of state debtors amounted to almost 3.9 million, data from the Independent Authority for Public Revenues showed. Debts have reached 8.55 billion euros since the beginning of the year despite some the recovery 3.1 billion euros through asset and cash seizures.

The total amount of old and new debts owned to the state amounted about 98.2 billion euros.